Ball-bearing



B. M. W. HANSON.

BALL BEARING.

AIILICAIION FILED JAN 15, 1920.

i j 3 993 9 5 9 a Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

(4W (Inmate U? f)( anabn iami-minim"- BikisbBEARIIQ' To all whom mayconcern:

Be it known that I, Emmi" M. W. e citizen of the limieii Safiates, slideand lies as lie a m to provide as i and ef leiei conssmoieri Wliereiiitween the pm is ilailifilil 2i;

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in lee "'siiyiiig i shown bi line my invention but it 1.2: to faoozllimiizlimesesi; disclosure is m We e1? illusti'etioii only it is not torests-fictive In ciescrioi w einloodimeni oiiiilie in ven'mon here-i.iliusbre zed, conventional terms will be usecl but it is $0 beuniie'zfsioool thai they ere used solely for the purposes of descriptionand are not to belzeken as he ing eny limiting effect.

in accompezging drawing:

Figure 1 i e central longitudinal of arrangement whim ventioii islHCOIE'JOZEtQEZ Fig. Zis en eiilzi m (letail view showing in section theposition of pails else:- they have been adjusted because of weer.

In the embodimeiit illi'asimiseil iii the (Amwing, 1 clesignates espindle, :2 a housing, one of these members being ioiery end the other.stations n in "the present instance the spindle being be hearing;supporied or so terry inenfber. housing are a pair of bell bearingunits, each having: in'nei." "ring an outer ring 1} and inierposeclantiaiiriclion balls 5. The inner rings 3 are spaced e'pera a Washer 6and are fixed between a shonliler OI abutment? on the spindle 1 and anafljnstable nut 8 threaclerl on the spimlle. The outer rings 4 fitsnugly Within e eylindiia'el sleeve 9 positioned in the housing 03!casing 2 A key ll pi-events rotation of the sleeve 9 While admitting: ofle'ngiiiwlinei ecl' iusizmeiie there of Wlill'iiffl heiisitngi'. Theouter rings are position d beiiween a shoulder 01 slum sieeve and a not,13 thread ml in the one? wl the sleeve.

In 2-1300 once ith the pifeseni. invention there is pzeoviziea betweenshe corresponding rings the bearing amiss, iii the pres etiozi ofLetters Patent.

Between the spindle and.

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Applies "ion filecl 3er=uary 16., 1924 Serial l lo. 353.33%.

ens iiisi'tence between the outer rings 4} there of; a resilient spacingmember having feeiJLUSQS of novelty and advantage. This spacing member.designated generally by the numeral 15, comprises gen'ei'ell 31 ring};having n she distance between the outer feces of which will? free edgesis greater than the Width :1 channel or gioov'e 16 forming at e is sideof ring resilient Wells 17.

U11 iilie oiiziqeir of Wall and eiljeeent lie free i;l1fii80 is a smelleiimilsr I'll endigliese ribs ere adapted ioabut against the opposeel.lease of corresponding rings of bearing iiiiiifis in present case the Iouizer rings 4-.

It will be seen shat when weer takes place in the bearings, the nut-13may be turned so that it will move imo the sleeve anrl the sleeve willmove outwardly of the housing 2 and thus the rings 4. are drawnio'viierd each. other and she spacing member 15 is cempresseel shown inFig 2. In the event the spindle is subjected to endwise shocks, shespacing member; owing: to the resiliency of the flanges 16, will ielzeup these shocks and ihereloy relieve-the b6@l(fli1g$.

in accordance Wish the piovisions of the patent statutes, 1' have(iescr'ibeol the principle of opei'aiion oi? my invention togeilier withthe arrangement which I new consicler to be the best embodiment: thereofbut it is to be unclersiseoo'i that the arrangement sliown. is onlyillus smisive and invention i 'sus' eeptilole of Various modifieeiioiisencl changes.

if claim as my inventioiis l. ln combineiiom ei? of iieerii'igz; unitseach having an oiiiei' ring, an inner ring anal anti-"friction balls; ecem ii'essilile spacing member between corresponding rings of said unitsend means for adjusting seicl eorresponding rings relative to oneanother,

2. In combination, a mi? oi bearing iiiiiis each lievii'ig outer ring, nillnel 'iring eml anti-friction bells; a resilient spacing mem herebetween eeri'espomliiig rings of said units, ("mil vii s fez.e'fijiissing'tlie tween will i s iii men" iiiiei'pesecl :c" v.- live toeach sills-semi. 1:0 ifil'h'il'i IGSElECiZiE operating rings. 1

3 in combination pail of lie -ling iiiiie eachhaving an outer ring,

an inner ring and anti-friction balls; a spacing member betweencorresponding rings of said bearing units andcomprising a ring providedat each side with resilient members engaging the opposed faces of saidcorresponding rings; and mean for adjusting said eorresnonding rings ofsaid bearing unite relative to one another.

4. In combination, a stationary member and a rotary member one withinthe other; an element keyed to one of said members for relativelongitudinal movement and having a pair of spaced abutments oneadjustable relative to the other, a pair of ball bearing units includinga pair of rings interposed neeaese "In combination, a housing; a sleevekeyed therein for longitudinal movement 'and having a pair of spacedabutments one of which is adjustable relative to the other; a spindleextending through said sleeve; a pair of ball bearing units interposedbetween said sleeve and spindle and each including an outer ring carriedby said sleeve between said abutments, an inner ring on said spindle andanti-frictionballs between the inner and outer ring; and a resilientspacing member between the outer rings.

BENGT M. W. HANSON.

